# NHTSA recall 19V094000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 19V094000
- Manufacturer's number: 90L8
- Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
- Reported: 2019\-02\-13
- Owners notified: 2019\-03\-18
- Component: SERVICE BRAKES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- Units potentially affected: 4064

## What is wrong

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. \(Volkswagen\) is recalling certain 2019 Beetle and Beetle Convertible vehicles.  The instrument cluster may not provide a visual warning when a brake system failure is detected.  As a result, the vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 135, "Light vehicle brake systems" and number 101, "Controls and displays."


## What can happen

If the driver is not alerted when there is a problem with brakes, the driver may lose control of the vehicle while attempting to brake, increasing the risk of crash.


## The remedy

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge.  The recall began March 7, 2019.  Owners may contact Volkswagen customer service at 1\-800\-893\-5298.  Volkswagen's number for this recall is 90L8.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2020 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 4064
- Reported remedied: 3844 \(94%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2019 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE](/makes/volkswagen/beetle/2019/recalls.md). Built 2018\-08\-27 to 2019\-01\-26.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [V9619012056358\-2](/bulletins/10180079.md), 2020-10-06, Service bulletin
- [TT 90 11 01](/bulletins/10157345.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TT 90 11 01](/bulletins/10155772.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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